Posts tagged with "government"

September 22nd, 2017The Union government is planning to tie up with e-commerce player Amazon to expand the market for tribal handicrafts via the online retail space.
Pravir Krishna, managing director of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED), a national-level organisation under the tribal affairs ministry, said an...

September 19th, 2017A mobile application will be launched tomorrow for central government employees who are about to retire to help them monitor the progress of their pension settlement cases.
Retired employees will also be able to assess their superannuation funds and record complaints, if any, through the pension calculator, an official release issued...

September 7th, 2017New Delhi: At least 80 high-end Google Pixel “customised” phones with Reliance Jio SIMs have been given to top bureaucrats on a “trial” basis to ensure secure communication among them, according to a person in the IT ministry.
The home ministry had drawn up a list of 100 officials from multiple ministries for the purpose, and...

August 25th, 2017An issue of NPCI's premium treatment to BHIM app was brought up by several leading entrepreneurs in the payments sector, including Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma and PhonePe’s Sameer Nigam, at the NITI Aayog event held last week, reiterating the suggestions made by the Watal Committee.
They recommended the Prime Minister and the...

July 4th, 2017The launch of GST has left most businesses in a tight spot. Here are 10 advantages of GST that will uplift your impressions about the biggest tax reform of India since its Independence.
Price Reductions
It is advantageous for companies as people will purchase more regularly due to price reductions.
One Time...

February 8th, 2017Prafful Sarda, very young Pune Based RTI Activist & owner of an Event management company had filed an RTI application with NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) on following issues:
1) How much money allotted to NSDC in last 2 years
2) How much money spent in last 2 years (Through NSDC)
3) State-wise distribution...

June 25th, 2016China's internet regulator said on Saturday that search engines should tighten management of paid-for ads in search results, making clear which results are paid for and limiting their numbers.
The Chinese government already exercises widespread controls over the internet and has sought to codify that policy in law.
Chinese regulators...

May 31st, 2016Government is working on a mobile app which will give access to over 1,000 services from Centre and state governments and would be launched by December 2016, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
"We are going to launch a common mobile. In this app we will give services of central government, state government and local...

January 16th, 2016The government is working to make it easy for budding entrepreneurs to start a business or exit from it, giving boost to the Indian startup ecosystem, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at Startup India Event.
"I understand that starting a startup is as much important as somebody wants to exit from it. The government is working to...